Germantown Methodist Church Prayer Requests
Updated January 27, 2025
This Week’s Church Prayer Focus: For those who deal with chronic illness.
Ongoing
1. Our Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances, and Neighbors who do not know Jesus as their Savior and our outreach to them.
2. Service personnel: Tina Carr (Virginia), Nick Eby (Alabama), Charles Hayes (Deployed), Carl Martin (North Carolina), Daniel Muñoz (Virginia), Zach Smith (Poland).
3. Our Homebound: Edna Barnhart, Esther Cochran, Martha Cornn, Harold & Lucy Dursch, Geneva Forney, Kenny Lee, Beverly Simpkins, Janice & Richard Waits, Janice Wallace, Carol Woolcock.
4. For the church staff and leaders as they seek God’s guidance in serving God and leading our church.
5. Our missionaries Kevin, Laura, and Lucy, Margaret, Benjamin Cline, plus baby on the way.
6. Members of our church with cancer: Dan Burns, Donna Cline, Donna Gisewite, Patti Hayes, Beverly Simpkins, Jerry Steinmetz, JoAnn Weaver.
7. Those dealing with addiction and their families.
January 26—February 1
8. Quilt: Melissa Sedlak (ICU).
9. Gary Smith: home recovering from major surgery.
10. Lareen Bowman: infection in her finger is lingering, will require I.V. antibiotics for the next month.
11. Ray and Cathy Butler: bronchitis.
12. Sandy Gebhart: testing.
13. John Witherspoon: testing.
14. Opening of Tinkerbell’s Closet for the season.
15. Amber Weaver: hematoma on brain after fall while ice skating.
16. Family and friends of Geneva Forney who passed away.
17. Paul Shaffer: recovering from colon cancer surgery.
18. Mariah Hamilton: health issue.
19. Family and friends of Mitch Genslinger who passed away 1/10.
20. Ron Johnson: car accident.
21. Beth: brain cancer.
22. Annette Wright’s brother-in-law: aortic aneurysm surgery.
23. Kelly Crow: testing.
24. Rob Alsip’s cousin: had a stroke, having surgery for a hole in his heart.
25. Davey Alsip: influenza A.
26. Brad: testing.
27. Peggy Baker’s sister: Stage 4 breast cancer.
28. Julie Moore: recovering after being in the hospital.
29. David Metz: throat cancer.
January 19-25
30. Quilts: Kaizen Dorsey (infant with heart issues), Jay Short (cancer).
31. Patti Hayes: ongoing cancer treatment.
32. Diane Hayes: ill, dealing with pain.
33. Danny Stiver: home after being in hospital with pneumonia.
34. Carol Stoutenborough: in rehab.
35. Carolyn Holland’s sister: in the hospital.
36. Girls on the Chrysalis flight.
37. Angela Cobb: mobility issues.
38. Sheila: heart attack.
January 12-18
39. Family and friends of Miriam Johnson who passed away 1/12.
40. Nathan Flinders’ father passed away 1/7.
41. Lisa Bennett family.
42. Those affected by the California wildfires.
43. David Buzzard: broke his hip.
44. Cathy Herding: broke her leg.
45. Julie Moore: heart issue.
46. Kaitlin Brenner: diabetes.
47. Family and friends of Ernie Streifthau who passed away 1/5.
48. Theresa Crowe’s husband passed away 1/1.
January 5-11
49. Quilt: Ron Garrett (fractured hip).
50. Dan Burns: Hospice called in.
51. Easton Develbiss: broken his front tooth for the third time.
52. Jami Hornbuckle: has RSV.
53. Kenny Lipps: fell.
54. Family and friends of Scott Hurley who passed away.
55. Thomas: newborn with RSV.
56. McKayla: lost her nephew.
57. David Dietz: cancer.
58. Family and friends of Sharon White who passed away.
59. Those affected by the attack in New Orleans.
60. Shelby passed away.
61. Pat Moyer.
62. Leslie Solomon’s father passed away.
63. Terri Short: mass in her brain, now diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.
64. Charlotte Willis and John Hunter, Jackie Ratliff’s sister and brother.
December 22-January 4
65. Family and friends of Carol Bullock who passed away.
66. Our missionary Laura Cline is pregnant.
67. John Witherspoon’s brother passed away after suffering from memory loss.
68. Betty Petticrew’s daughter: extreme vertigo.
69. Family and friends of Jim Echhardt who passed away.
70. Betty and Darnel Weller
71. Family who was in an auto accident.
72. Jodie Metz.
73. Family and friends of Wilma Breeding who passed away.
74. Attack in Germany.
75. Dennis: in the hospital.
76. Josh’s father passed away.
77. Dora England’s brother: cancer.
78. Andy Berry’s mother passed away.
79. Brian Eckley passed away.
80. Jim Straighter.
81. Anna Conja passed away.
82. Family whose house caught fire.
83. Family and friends of Travis Dorsey who passed away.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21, NLT)